San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-08-18
PERSONAL.

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Mr.. Irion made visit here ON Sunday.
Mr.. Lindsey, of the firm of Brown a
Lindsey is very sick.
Mr.. Mcclellan. of Fhtonio, has taken
charge of the San Marcos Hotel.
We see Il stated that Mr., Talbot, grocer
of this place, bought the first two bales OF
cotton here, paying 81 cents.
Mr.. Black, a young gentleman. represent
ing the Austin Prohibitonist is in town and
made the FREE Press call.
The sale of tho Hinzie property as we
write has not been consummated, but we
learn there is great reason to suppose it will
be.
Mr.. Hankla has favored MS with late
copy of the Asheville, N. o. Citizen, which
we have found quite interesting.
Mr.. John MoGehee, just rotarned from
Llano Co., states an iron, smelling syndicate
is buying up the mineral lands of that coun-
ty.
Mr.. Louis MacKay, of Temple, formerly
of this place, was chosen assistant secretary
of the State Bankers Association which met
at Galveston last week.
Mr.. ]. H. Durham, arrived Tuesday
night from Fort Smith, Ark, on a visit to
friends and relatives at this place after an
absence of some two years. He will be
here several weeks.
Our enterprising boss carpenter and con-
tractor, Mr. E. s. Mackin, will for some
time be engaged on railroad work. he has
the contract for building the depot building
at Lockhart and large line of other work.
Miss Armstrong, of Salado, who has been
spending some time here, and who is
great favorite in San Marcos, and with
whom our town is q great favorite, left for
home last week.
Mr.. j. ]. Barbee is building another bus
mess house on one of his lots on San An
tonic street. 1t is larger than any of his
former efforts in that line, and we learn Is
is to be used for feed and grain store.
To our cosmopolitan friend, Mr.. Jay e.
Hunter, we are indebted for Alaska papers,
suggesting amid our almost unbearable
heats that natural combination of the ele-
ments warranted to keep COOL"
Our old friend Mr.. J. I. Chastain, We
should have mentioned ere this, is treating
himself to q handsome new two story resi-
dcnce with an attic. 1t consists of some
eight rooms. When completed it will make
comfortable and stylish house. Mr.. Dick
Chastain is the builder.
We notice by the last Kyle Times that
the venerable Prof Edgar, is teaching ut
Mountain City. We had not before heard
of him for several years, and were in doubt
rs to whether he yet belonged to this sub
lunary sphere. May good attend htm.
We ought ere this to have noticed the
handsome addition made by Mr.. Chas.
Hutchings to his residence, and which is
about completed. 1t consists of hall, two
additional rooms and piazas, giving dou-
BILE the former capacity of the house. Mr..
II. and family now have real comfortable
home.
Mrs. M. E. Hankla writes from Ashe-
vile, N. c.: "Regret to hear of Prohibition
being defeated, but hope to live to see it
carried. Keep the good work going. I
wish Texas could have some of our rain.
Thermometer here coo to TOO sat by the
fire Monday, the sth inst, 1t was 96o at
noon on that day here. Asheville no doubt
quite equals Los Angeles as pleasant sum-
mer climate. ED.
As illustrating the remarkable efficiency
of tine mail service at some points out west,
we were requested to send a copy of the
FREE PRESS to gentleman ut Halletsville,
and began sending it March 10th. June 2,
we wrote a letter to the same address in
return envelope. We have since met the
gentleman, and he says he never received
copy of the paper, yet we were never no.
tilted by the p. M. that it was not called for
as the law requires. As to the letter, it was
endorsed "return if not called for in ten
DAYS, vet it was not returned for over two
months